31.   U.S. authorities have lifted a warning advising Americans against traveling to St. Petersburg following an unspecified security threat, officials said today.

32.   U.S. authorities have lifted a warning advising Americans not to travel to St. Petersburg after an investigation showed a security threat was groundless, officials said Wednesday.

33.   U.S. authorities have lifted a warning advising Americans to avoid traveling to St. Petersburg following an unspecified security threat, officials said on Wednesday.

34.   An Iranian delegate said Monday that Iranians will hold anti-US rallies in their camps if they fail to make Saudi authorities lift a ban on demonstrations.

35.   The resident expected the barricades to be lifted by authorities on Monday.

36.   Ugandan authorities have lifted a ban which prohibited government departments and state-owned companies from advertising in independent newspapers, the local press reported Saturday.

37.   Under pressure from Washington, Georgian authorities lifted the diplomatic imunity of Georgy Makharadze, the former number two of the Georgian embassy in Washington.

38.   Israeli authorities also partially lifted the closure of the West Bank and autonomous Gaza Strip imposed after the killing.

39.   Local sales of petrol were being restored and queues outside gasoline stations were getting shorter as the authorities lifted an unofficial rationing imposed amid fears of shortages.

40.   Once the ceasefire was declared, British authorities lifted the restriction.